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Fragile like a bomb 💣 | A bit mouthy |Arguably Joni Mitchell's biggest fan| Theme song: What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding|Favorite novel: Beloved by Toni Morrison|Favorite film: The Piano|Loves: my family, my husband, travel, home, garden, art, music, nature, Europe, freedom.

Dmitry Oleyn (Ukranian) • First Star • 2025 • Courtesy of Nikitin 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #UkrainianArtist #painting #art #seascape #ContemporaryLandscape #art&beauty #nature #sailboat #sky #stars #art&culture

#JamieWyeth (American, b. 1946) • Julia on the Swing • 1999 #art #painting #AmericanArtist #Art&Culture #ContemporaryPainting #OilPainting #artist #artwork

Happy #Caterday! Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) • The Large Cat • 1657 • Engraving on ivory paper #art #CatsinArtworks #Engraving #FineArt #DutchMaster #CornelisVisscher #DutchGoldenAge #ArtHistory #Arts&Culture #artwork

#AmySherald • Transforming Liberty The #SmithsonianNationalPortraitGallery was scheduled to feature an exhibition of her work in Sept. In talks with Museum staff, it was acknowledged that the curators had concerns about this painting; they feared provoking Trump. She canceled the entire exhibition

#GardeningFeed #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #GardenSky #MyGarden #NewEnglandGarden

Happy #Caterday! Sheila Robinson (British/English, 1925–1988) •Red Tabby (Cat on Chair) • 1971 • Cardboard cut #cardboardCutPrint #CatsInArt #art #SheilaRobinson #WomanArtist #20thCenturyArt #BritishArt #ArtHistory #ArtAppreciation #LoveArt #ArtLife

Happy #Catterday! Lotte Laserstein (German/Swedish, 1898 - 1993) • Self-Portrait with a Cat • 1928 #art #fineart #painting #LotteLaserstein #WomanArtist #1920sArt #20thCenturyGermanArt #CatsInPaintings #cats #Self-Portrait #NewObjectivityMovement #GermanArtist #WomenInTheArts #Art&Culture

American fashion designer Willy Chavarria starts his show with a performance dedicated to those illegally detained by ICE.

The woman in the video bullets all of the life and health saving research proposed to be cut or eliminated, via #Felon47's #BigUglyBill #PublicHealthCuts

Àlvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos (Spanish, b. 1935) • Homenage a Pau Casals (Homage to Pablo Casals) • c. 2000 • 15-color lithograph #ÀlvarSuñolMunoz-Ramos #lithograph #art #fineart #contemporaryart #modernism #artwork #art&beauty #PabloCasals #MusicInArtworks #Art&Culture #SpanishArtist #21stCenturyArt

Fuck you, Bezos. You good-for-nothing except money and excess. St. Mark square in Venice on June 23, 2025. (photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) #EatTheRich #FuckBezos #greenpeace #ClimateJustice

I love these allium. They look like fairy wand glitter. #AlliumSchubertii #OrnamentalOnion #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #flowergarden #MyFlowers #NEGarden #gardening #allium #myphotos

Well, that's good. #BigUglyBill

Democrats need to read this and *act*.

Édouard Manet (French, 1832 – 1883) • Corner of a Café Concert • 1879 • National Gallery, London #ÉdouardManet #Manet #art #ArtHistory #impressionism #painting #oilpainting #ArtAppreciation #Arts&Culture #FrenchArtist #ArtLove #LoveArt #ArtLife #19thCenturyArt #EuropeanArt

Olga Costa (Mexican, 1913-1993) •  La vendedora de frutas •1951 #OlgaCosta #artist #art #ArtHistory #ArtHerstory #WomanArtist #MexicanArtist #Art&Beauty #Art&Culture #MexicanHeritage #FemaleArtist #fruit #ArtAppreciation #ArtLove #ArtLife #LoveArt

Franz Marc (German, 1880-1916) • The White Cat • 1912 (see ALT text) #FranzMarc #art #arthistory #caterday #CatArt #painting #GermanArtist #ModernistArt #Early20thCenturyArt #painting #GermanExpressionism #ExpressionistArt #cats #ArtistBiography #OilPainting #MuseumArt #artwork

Edward Burra (British/English, 1905-1976) • Minuit Chanson • 1931 • Private collection • Watercolor #art #WatercolorPainting #painting #ArtHistory #20thCenturyBritishArt #BritishArt #EdwardBurra #ArtAppreciation #MuseumArt #SocialRealism #Arts&Culture

Archibald J. Motley Jr. (American, 1891–1981) • Mending Socks • 1924 #juneteenth #art #fineart #ArchibaldMotley #arthistory #painting #African-AmericanArtist #MuseumArt #OilPainting #Early20thCenturyAmericanArt #AmericanArt #artwork

@RobertReich wrote this excellent piece about the #SupremeCourt. It's definitely worth a read. #SCOTUS #🚫WhiteSupremacy #PoliticalOpinion #USLegalSystem

#LouisJanmot (French, 1814–1892) • Fleurs des champs (Flowers of the Fields) • 1845 • Oil on wood • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France #art #fineart #painting #OilPainting #ArtHistory #ArtAppreciation #19thCenturyArt #EuropeanArt #FrenchArtist #WomenInPaintings #SymbolicArt #artwork #MuseumArt

My senator, Ed Markey, from small but mighty Massachusetts.

Here's what's blooming in my garden right now. (See Alt text) #BloomScrolling #MyGarden #FlowerGardener #Zone6 #NEGarden #larkspur #yarrow #BeeBalm #FlowerFeed #FlowerPhotos

#LawrenceAlma-Tadema (Dutch/English, 1836 - 1912) • Vain Courtship • 1900 #art #artwork #painting #arthistory #Early20thCenturyArt #britishart #oilpainting #ArtAppreciation #artist #BlueSkyArtLovers #ExploringArt #ArtNotWar #LoveOfArt #romanticism #AcademicArt #FlowersInPaintings #Art&Beauty

In plain English. My favorite sign so far.

Greenfield (Western), Massachusetts) resists! #NoKings #protest #resist #DumpTrump #ProtectFreeSpeech #FreedomToAssemble #PeacefulProtest

These goons are out of control. Fuck #ICE. Fuck #Trump. Fuck #StephenMiller #GoonSquad

This is what's bloomin' in my garden. Part 2 #mygarden #flowergarden #BlueSkyGardens #BloomScrolling #FloweReport #phlox #roses #peonies #BeautifulDayForGardening #SpringBlooms #zone6A #NEGarden #garden #GardenPhotos #SunPerennials #Perennials #GardenFeed #GrowingFlowers

#U.S.Military #ICEProtests #dallas #ConstitutionalRights

Anna Airy (1882–1964) • Gay Glitter in June • c. 1960 • Newport Museum and Art Gallery (See ALT text for info on the 2nd image) #AnnaAiry #art #painting #20thCenturyArt #BritishArt #ArtHerstory #WomanArtist #arthistory #WWIArt #oilpainting #BlueSkyArtLovers #artwork #ArtAppreciation

Today's best statement to the media: Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): “For the first time in 30 years, a Vietnam Veterans ceremony must relocate from DC to Virginia - so Vietnam Draft Dodger Trump can throw himself the world’s creepiest birthday party.” #MilitaryCharade #trump #SheldonWhitehouse

#LA

I read somewhere else that young people from Israel are undaunted by the accusations of antisemitism toward Harvard. Also that 100 Jewish students at Harvard wrote a letter condemning the Trump regime for punishing Harvard under the guise of antisemitism. #HarvardNews #resist #trump #Felon47

Winslow Homer (American, 1836 -1910) • Morning Glories • 1873 • Private collection #WinslowHomer #art #ArtHistory #19thCenturyArt #AmericanArtist #painting #OilPainting #BlueSkyArtLovers #Art&Beauty #realism

I can see how this would get under the regime's skin – it's a precise bullet to the head of the beast. #HateIsHazardous to our collective health! #ABCnews #StephenMiller #FiredJournalist #BoycotABCNews #truth

I picked a Peoni bouquet in an effort to feel better after the awful weekend events in L.A. and the SCOTUS decision on DOGE and our data. 😪 #bloomscrolling #gardenfeed #flowers #peonies #SCOTUS #doge #FlowerLove #LAProtest #ICE #bouquet

My beloved Peonies. #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #BlueSkyGardens #peonies #mygarden #gardenphotos #gardenlove #NewEnglandGarden #gardenlife

🏳️‍🌈 Paul Cadmus (American, 1904-1999) • Jerry • 1931 • Toledo Art Museum, Ohio, U.S. (See ALT text) #art #painting #fineart #PaulCadmus #QueerArtHistory #ArtHistory #20thCenturyAmericanArt #portraitpainting #oilpainting #AmericanArtist #artist #artwork #maleportrait #museum #pride‍🏳️‍🌈 #DEI #LGBTQ+Art

Laurits Andersen Ring (Danish, 1854–1933) • In the Month of June • 1899 #art #arthistory #painting #oilpainting #PostImpressionistArtist #19th-20thCenturyArt #LandscapePainting #BlueSkyArtLovers #artist #artwork #LauritsAndersenRing #DanishArtist #womenInPaintings #june #Art&Beauty #painter

Happy #Caterday! This kitty lives at my local hardware store. It wandered in as a stray and they decided to keep it. #cats